In the early morning of February 24, 2022, Russia launched missile attacks on Ukrainian territory and launched a direct, full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repel the enemy
- high_marsed in Hwitter shared information about the calculations of armored vehicles remaining in Russian storage
As for tanks, he and his team plan to roll out an update in the summer, and among the interesting things at the moment, the Russians have removed at least 63 BTR-50s from storage (as of now, the loss of two units has been recorded). 
Has a high capacity - 20 paratroopers. It is also capable of transporting up to 2 tons of cargo on the roof, afloat, for example a mortar or an 85-mm gun, and it can be fired from it while afloat.
The armored personnel carrier was adopted for service in 1954.
BTR-50P was produced from 1952 to 1954.
Is everything really so bad with technology?
- Great Britain wants to purchase Taurus missiles from Germany in order to transfer more similar Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, Handelsblatt writes, citing sources in Berlin
Such a proposal was received by the German side several weeks ago and Scholz is studying it. 
- Elon Musk:
Future wars will be drone wars.
The outcome of any battle is the ratio of kills multiplied by the number of units.
A common mistake is to pay too much attention to the first and not enough to the second. 
- North Korea says it has conducted the first test of a new generation cruise missile and continues to expand its military capabilities.
The Pulhwasal-3-31 missile is still under development.
KCNA called this missile “strategic,” implying the intention to arm it with nuclear weapons.
This is North Korea's third known strategic cruise missile. 
- In a cage. Russian 120-mm self-propelled mortar system 2S9 “Nona-S”. 
- List of Ukrainian kamikaze UAVs:
- Mugin-5 Family
- UJ-26 Beaver
- UJ-22 Airborne Forces
- Scythe AQ-400
- UJ-25 Skyline
- And 2 unknown types of kamikaze UAVs. 
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Szijjártó:
How did it happen that last year Russia became the largest supplier of uranium to the United States?
The US has paid Russia over half a billion dollars, but when we buy Russian gas, we become sponsors of war.
Nobody wants to jump on the back of a lion. It's easier to trample Hungary. 
- The war in Ukraine has reached a dead end.
This opinion was expressed by German Defense Minister Pistorius.
“In fact, the situation has reached a dead end. Neither side has any territorial successes. But the Ukrainians continue to defend themselves very successfully, especially in the south of the country and in the east,” he said.
At the same time, Pistorius emphasized that he “will be careful with forecasts,” since “Putin’s efforts are enormous and inhumane, especially in the eastern regions.” 
- Despite the sanctions, in the nine months of 2023, Russia imported advanced microprocessors from leading American and European manufacturers worth more than $1 billion.
More than half of the total volume of imported semiconductors and integrated circuits during this period came from Western companies, Bloomberg notes. 
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could take some form of “lethal military action” against South Korea in the coming months after shifting to a policy of open hostility, US officials told the agency NYT. 
- In Odessa, 6 injured due to night attack
One drone flew into a high-rise building, causing a fire. Another struck drone pierced the roof of a two-story house. There was also a hit in the warehouse of a furniture factory, where a fire broke out. 
- Ukraine is open to the transit of Russian gas after 2024, Fico said after a meeting with Prime Minister Shmygal. 
- The delay in helping Ukraine in Congress is due to pressure from Trump, reports Voice of America correspondent Ostap Yarish.
A compromise regarding Ukraine is not in his interests, because it would add points to Biden before the elections. 
The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine denies Fico’s statement about the continuation of the transit of Russian gas through its territory
Ukraine’s position is clear: the contract... will end at the end of this year, we do not intend to negotiate with the Russians and extend the contract, about which the Prime Minister notified his Slovak counterpart
- Ukraine does not yet see any signs that there were a large number of prisoners of war on the Il-76 military plane that crashed in the Belgorod region, - Lubinets.
The SBU also opened a case due to the crash of this plane.
- Russian media reported an attack on a military training ground near the occupied city of Ilovaisk
Yesterday, Russian Telegram channels reported about explosions in Ilovaisk. According to Russian media, a military training ground near the village of Pokrovka near Ilovaisk was attacked.
It is noted that as a result of the shelling, according to the Russians, Russian military personnel were killed and wounded, but the exact number is unknown. 
- Opponents are preparing for a new attack on Avdiivka: the Russian side has already moved 40 thousand reservists to the city, said Interior Ministry Major Maxim Morozov.
Among these reservists there are prisoners and units of "Storm-Z" and "Storm V". According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Major Maxim Morozov, Ukrainian intelligence has information about the created enemy tank stronghold, where new tanks are located, intended to participate in the assault on Avdiivka. 
- Girkin was sentenced to 4 years in prison in a general regime colony for calls for extremism 
- There should be Russian military-political VIPs on board the Il-76, but at the last moment the FSB forbade them to board, - GUR representative Andrey Yusov says Ukrainian intelligence has already found out all this after the plane crash.
Also notes that only five bodies were delivered to the local morgue in Belgorod the day before. And Russian rescuers were not allowed to inspect the crash site. 
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban decided to cancel the veto on providing assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros. The European Union has already received a “positive signal” on this issue, – Finnish Foreign Ministry. 
- Trepova, accused of murdering the racist Tatarsky, was sentenced to 27 years in prison 
- Financial support from the United States for Ukraine may be delayed until the November American elections, - Senate Republican leader McConnell.
The bottom line is that Republicans may specifically block any border changes before the election, as scandals and controversies around the US border help boost Trump's ratings ahead of the upcoming election.
Therefore, neither the Republicans nor Trump are interested in quickly resolving this problem. 
- Every tenth individual entrepreneur in PolIt was founded by Ukrainians last year, reports the publication Rzeczpospolita.
The number of individual entrepreneurs who are citizens of Ukraine turned out to be more than twice as large as in 2022. In just two years of military conflict, 48,464 enterprises were founded. 
- The head of the Pentagon wrote about the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq 
- Officially: some Ukrainian prisoners of war from the list declared by the Russians on board the Il-76 aircraft have already been exchanged, said Ombudsman Lubinets
- German Chancellor Scholz fears that Ukraine will start bombing Moscow if he hands over Taurus missiles, - Bild. 
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced west of Verbovoy, DeepState reports.
The fighting in the east of Ternov continues, information about the exact location of the clash is being clarified. 
- Deputies have developed new rules for booking employees - Forbes
Deputies propose to establish a monthly payment that guarantees a deferment from mobilization for different groups of workers.
According to the option under consideration, a fixed rate of 20,000 hryvnia will be added to the 1.5% military levy. Depending on different scenarios, this fixed rate could lead to collections of between 18 billion and 155 billion hryvnia annually. 
- Deputies and civil servants need to be sent to military exercises, - Arakhamia
So, according to his statement, they should undergo training on general terms together with other Ukrainians. At the same time, this will not be a full-time, full-time training for deputies.
This may become an incentive for Ukrainians not to be afraid of mobilization and to undergo training.
- The UN cannot determine whether there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Russian Il-76 transport aircraft that crashed on January 24 in the Belgorod region
The Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Gayovyshyn, stated that Ukraine was not provided with notification of the transportation of its prisoners of war on the Il-76 aircraft. She emphasized that Russian military transport aircraft are considered “a legitimate target of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
- In 2024, Ukraine will advance, - State Department.
Military operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will focus on achievements in the Black Sea and temporarily annexed Crimea. US Assistant Secretary of State O'Brien noted that Ukraine's military campaign will be based on the successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2023. 
- “Abandonment of Ukraine”: cover and headline of the British weekly The Week.
The magazine blames American congressmen for the artificial delay in funding for Kyiv. 
- “As long as your husband is in the Northern Military District, I am for him,” - Russia, situation. 
- A new drone has appeared in Ukraine - “Pizdyuk”
Vanyok reports that the drone is already in full operation against the invaders in the Kherson region.
Glory to “Pizdyuk”! 
- On the day of Putin’s arrival, Kaliningrad students were forbidden to get sick, order food and wash clothes
Changing underwear and calling an ambulance is prohibited.
Well, the king has arrived 
- In 2024, Ukraine will need at least 2 million drones. The former head of Google insists on deploying UAVs based on artificial intelligence in the country, The Messenger Business reports.
Schmidt has a project called White Stork, named after the national bird of Ukraine. It plans to mass produce cheap, potentially expendable kamikaze drones that use artificial intelligence for visual targeting. These drones can operate even in the presence of GPS interference and carry small amounts of explosives.
Earlier, Schmidt wrote that after a few months of training, Ukrainian soldiers will be able to control drones flying so fast that they are almost impossible to shoot down. 
- Ukraine’s losses in the war are less than 100,000 people, - Arakhamia. 
- To win the war, Ukraine needs to mobilize all adult citizens, including men and women over 18 years old, and also involve prisoners in the fighting, - Lieutenant Colonel Nikolov, 68th OEBR. 
- Representatives of the TCC presented subpoenas to deputies in the Lviv region during a meeting of the Chervonograd City Council session 
- The EU plans to provide Ukraine with €5 billion in military assistance in the coming days, - Borrell.
- The occupiers again violated the rules and methods of warfare, this time near Novomikhailovka, - DeepState.
There was a forced pause, but on January 4, near the village of Novomikhailovka, the Katsaps took the Special Forces of the Defense Forces, which contained 8 soldiers of the 23rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade. 6 of them were forced to their knees and shot, 2 more were taken with them. 
- The Biden administration is threatening military action against the Texas National Guard unless they remove the National Guard from the border
Meanwhile, 25 states have already supported Texas. 
- The US plans to deploy nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years, - The Telegraph.
The publication learned about such plans from the Pentagon documents. This is done to counter the threat from Russia. 
- The coordination headquarters confirmed that the 65 Ukrainian defenders included in the list were indeed planned to be returned to Ukraine as part of the planned exchange on January 24
At the same time, the relatives of the interviewed defenders, having familiarized themselves with the video materials presented by Russian propagandists, have not yet been able to identify their loved ones from the demonstrated fragments of bodies at the site of the plane crash.
- Russian DRG shot a brother and sister in the Sumy region in the morning
The authorities of the Sumy region reported that the building of the victims is located in the village of Andreevka, which is located in a five-kilometer border zone. Residents of the area were urged to evacuate to safe places.
- Due to the stress experienced, after another shelling of Kharkov, the famous Ukrainian cat Stepan became ill. He is better now and is taking medication at home. 
- There is someone killed at the protests in Bashkortostan 
- Russia is increasingly using gas grenades with deadly substances in the war in Ukraine 
Captain Andrey Rudyk, a representative of the Center for Research of Captured and Advanced Weapons and Military Equipment, announced this at a briefing at the Military Media Center
According to him, in December the first use of RG-Vo was recorded - this is a grenade with chloroacetophenone, prohibited by the Geneva Protocol. In a room or dugout, this substance quickly kills everyone present
The sample he demonstrated was manufactured in 2023 at a plant that has been operating since USSR times
“That is, Russia lied about fulfilling its obligations under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. It should have destroyed such weapons and related production,” says Rudyk
- Good goal, good result too 
- With new bills in the Russian Federation, new opportunities are opening up 
